The conference has been prepared for landowners and
practitioners. It will focus on the amendment to the Assessment of Contaminated
Site NEPM, other current regulatory changes and technical aspects of
contaminated land management.

The NEPM establishes a nationally-consistent
approach to the assessment of site contamination to ensure sound environmental
management practices by the community which includes regulators, site
assessors, contaminated land auditors, land owners, developers and industry.

The NEPM contains two schedules:

·Schedule A, which is included in the NEPM, identifies the recommended
process for the Assessment of Site Contamination.

A review of the NEPM commenced in 2004. In June
2007, NEPC agreed to initiate a process to vary the NEPM based on
recommendations made in the NEPM review.
The amendment was finally approved by the Standing Council on
Environment and Water on 11 April 2013.

The variation will ensure that the NEPM remains the
premier document for the assessment of site contamination in Australia by
drawing on the latest methodologies for assessing human and ecological risk
from site contamination and updating guidance on site assessment methods in
line with technological changes in Australia and overseas.

The recent amendment ensures it will remain the premier
document for the assessment ofsite contamination
in Australia, used by regulators, site assessors, consultants, environmental
auditors, landowners, developers and industry.

The
measure incorporates updated methodologies for assessing human and ecological
risks and site assessment methods now in line with advances in Australia and
overseas.